"On one level, nothing's really changed in my life. I still drive my daughter in the car pool on Monday. But it's impossible not to be aware of this rush of attention; it's impossible not to be seduced by it once you've entered into it, seduced by being unhappy when the attention wanes."

-- Michael Tolkin

#Daughter Quotes #Monday Quotes #Car Quotes

“I was offered and accepted a part in 'A Few Best Men,' and then the Australian actor's union argued that there were too many British actors. And the director decided to lose me.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“When you stop being so afraid of failing you become much more free to succeed”
“Every religion ... has rituals, practices, holy writings or traditions, etc. Nothing like that has ever developed from Atheism. There are no holy men, holidays or holy books and no agreed-upon canons of faith. In fact, the only thing you can get some Atheists to agree upon is that there is no god.”
“I can't tell you if one day I'll be standing up there with an Oscar or directing, but I am going to be the best human being I possibly can”

Source : "Terrence Dashon Howard: A rising star". Interview with Jason Zingale, www.bullz-eye.com. August 05, 2005.
“Let the revolting distinction of rich and poor disappear once and for all, the distinction of great and small, of masters and valets, of governors and governed. Let there be no other differences between human beings than those of age and sex. Since all have the same needs and the same faculties, let there be one education for all, one food for all.”
“When it comes to hating, gossiping, ignoring, ridiculing, holding grudges, or wanting to cause harm, please apply the following: Stop it!”
“He gave her his best smile. His best I-almost-died-so-how-can-you-deny-me smile. Or at least thatâ€™s how he hoped it appeared. The truth was, he wasnâ€™t a very accomplished flirt, and it might very well have come across as an Iam- mildly-deranged-so-itâ€™s-in-all-of-our-best-interests-if-youpretend- to-agree-with-me smile.”
“I could always tell when an organization was in good shape. I could tell because the manager of the organization would always be talking about how great the people in the organization were. If the manager was talking about anything other than how great people in the organization were, I knew that the organization was in bad shape. The way to manage an organization successfully is to manage it in such a way that you can be proud of the people with whom you are working. You have to find a way to interact with the people with whom you are working in a way that makes you proud of them.”

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